Lilo

Fiction

“Leave it to me” I said flooring it “I’m basically a traffic superhero”. I was bragging – it was a dark, rainy Monday and no one was around anyway.

He said “Ask me about my wildest night out”

I did and then “In Oamaru?” My voice rising slightly at the end.

Dear Sophia: I thought he wanted the whole woman, but he was only after a piece. Love, Lilo

She launched into unfaltering Hebrew. In New Plymouth. I was pretty gobsmacked.

All he said was “This was scarier”

I went driving tonight and picked up a really drunk guy in Courtney Place, ground zero for Wellington party culture.

I was shaking, but didn’t know why. He was an ideal rider and paid quite a lot of money for that ride. What was my problem?

He was blond, blue-eyed, bearded – about thirty maybe – in short, a Pakeha jeebus.

Jacinda tells us to “Be Kind”
Tea Towels, T shirts, Bags, Facebook memes, Cinderella – all exhort us to “Be Kind”

My days without underpants are charting really, really well.